Machine Processable Artifact

A Machine Processable Artifact is an artifact that is a machine-processable item (can be processed by a machine).

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be a Machine Readable Artifact.
  • It can (often) be a Machine Writable Artifact.
  • It can be an Electronic Copy of a Physical Entity.
  • It can (typically) be Database.
• Example(s):
  • a Computerized Record, such as a computerized bookkeeping record.
  • a Digital Artifact.
  • a Computer Program.
  • a Relational Table.
  • an Machine Processable Knowledge Base.
  • an XML File.
  • a Semantic Wiki Page.
  • a Machine-Processable Linguistic Artifact.
  • a Machine-Processable Ontology.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Human Processable Artifact, such as a verbal conversation.
• See: Information Extraction Task, Digital Good.

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